Health + Wellness

  Though it seems like a great mini-vacay before the baby arrives, bed rest is actually harder than you would expect. I spent three weeks on bed rest before my son was born in March 2012. This meant I had to...

All information below is from personal experience and from the APFED website on eosinophilic disorders. As with any health-related article, information below is not medical advice. Please seek the advice of your own doctor concerning any health problems. White blood...

We are expanding our team of regular writers! We’re looking for local moms in Columbia and the surrounding areas who are passionate about our community and love to share stories and wisdom with others. This is a volunteer position (with some fun perks...

Seven-year-old Edie Gilger greeted me with a smile and a confident handshake when we met. Her poise was befitting of our interview setting, the Sims-Stackhouse Mansion in downtown Columbia, SC. And as her family and I made our way...

Like most people, especially mothers, I get headaches. Depending on the cause of the headaches, they can occasionally turn into migraines, but more often than not, I just have normal, run-of-the-mill headaches. I don't get them often enough that they're really...

Our family has been on a journey for the past four months that I never ever would have dreamed we would be on. My daughter Zoe was diagnosed back in April with Wilms' tumor, a kidney cancer that mainly affects children....

If I had known that night would be the last night I would see her, would I have done anything differently? I am so glad that Jennifer and I had a quiet moment during the wedding reception to catch...

FLU.  It is literally EVERYWHERE. I cannot open the newspaper (yes, we still get a print newspaper) without reading a headline about the number of flu cases and how they are the highest they have ever been and hospitals are...

Many of you are probably familiar with Autism Awareness Month/Day, which occurs each April as a way to educate the public about Autism. While most people are aware Autism exists, the depiction of it as a problem that needs...

I wasn’t sleeping. I was getting yelled at, sweared at and hit at work as a teacher for middle schoolers with behavioral disorders. I would come home, on edge, to my two children (and our two foreign exchange students)...

As we find ourselves in the midst of an unprecedented cold and flu season, many parents are wondering, why is my child always sick? Is this normal? What can I do? To start, if you feel like your child is...